Publication of user fee notification

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27112024-258951 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4683] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2024/ AGRAHAYANA 5, 1946 7630 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd November, 2024 S.O. 5073(E).—Whereas, by notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways (Department of Road Transport and Highways) number S.0.1726 (E), dated the 06th December, 2005, issued under section 11 of the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988 (68 of 1988), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, the Central Government had entrusted National Highway No.45C (The Highway starting from its junction with NH-67 near Thanjavur connecting Kumbakonam, Sethiyathope, Neyveli Township, Vadalur, Panruti and terminating at its junction with NH45 near Vikravandi) in the State of Tamil Nadu respectively to the National Highways Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as the Authority); Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highways Fee (Determination of rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 and subsequent amendments (hereinafter referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at the rate specified in column(2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 38.376 Km (Table-2) [for the use of 4 and more laned section] and for equivalent structure length (having length more than 60m) of 15.640 Km (having length of 1.564 Km, Table-4) and at one and one half times the base rate for bypasses having length of 10.54 Km (Table-3) costing rupees ten crore or more on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) Table-1 below of the four laning of Sethiyathope - Cholpauram section from design Km 65.960 to Km 116.440 (existing Km 60.250 to Km 111.000) of NH- 45C (New No.36) in the State of Tamil Nadu and authorize the Authority to collect, either through its officials or through a contractor, the said fee, as under:- Table -1 +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Type of Vehicle | Base rate of fee per Km for the base year | | | 2007-08 (In Rupees) | +=============================================================+================================================+ | (1) | (2) | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle | 0.65 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Light Commercial Vehicles, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus | 1.05 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Three - axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Heavy construction machinery (HCM), Earth Moving Equipment | 3.45 | | (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (Four to Six Axles) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | Oversized Vehicles (Seven or more Axles) | 4.20 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ 1. The fee to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length specified for such Fee Plaza(s)namely: Table-2 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza(chainage) | Length(in km) for which Fee is payable | Rate at which fee is payable | +===========================================================================================================+================================================================================================================+==================================================================================+ | At design Km 116.100 of NH-45C (New No.36), Manambadi Village, Thanjavur District in the state of Tamilnadu. | 38.376 [Excluding length of Bypass (costing >10 Cr) and length of structures (>60m). | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs.10 crore or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza(s): - Table-3 +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza(Chainage) | Name of the Bypass | Taking Off | Merging at | Length (in Km.) | Cost (in Rs. Crore) | Rate at which fee is payable | +===================================================================================================+=====================================+=====================================+=====================================+=================+=============================+===================================================================================================+ | At design Km 116.100 of NH-45C (New No.36), Manambadi Village, Thanjavur District in the state of Tamilnadu. | Pinnalur cum Sethiyathope bypass of NH-36 | Design Km 66.000 (existing Km 60.290) | Design Km 74.650 (existing Km 69.505) | 8.14 | 198.9 | 150% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | | | Thirupanandal bypass of NH-36 | Design Km 111.200 (Existing Km 105.700) | Design Km 113.600 (Existing Km 108.160) | 2.4 | 77.49 | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | **Total** | **10.54** | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 3. In addition to above, the following fee shall also be due and payable for the use of the following structures having length more than 60mt the following Fee Plaza, by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10 Table-4 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Location of Fee Plaza (chainage) | Length of structures (in km) to be converted into equivalent road length | Equivalent road length (in km) | Rate at which fee is payable | +===========================================================================================================+=========================================================================================+===============================+==================================================================================+ | At design Km 116.100 of NH-45C (New No.36), Manambadi Village, Thanjavur District in the state of Tamilnadu. | 1.564^ | 15.64 | 100% for four or more lane of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 above | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^The details are as under:- Chainage +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | | From Km | To Km | Type of Structure | Length (in Km) | +=====+===========+==========+=================+===============+ | 1 | 66.41 | 66.65 | Major Bridge | 0.24 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | 2 | 73.205 | 73.475 | Major Bridge | 0.27 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | 3 | 99.557 | 99.632 | Major Bridge | 0.075 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | 4 | 106.911 | 107.89 | Major Bridge | 0.979 | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ | | **Total** | | | **1.564** | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+ 4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non- commercial purposes and resides within a distance of twenty kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs.340/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Forty only) for the year 2024-25 and is subject to revision every year as per the provisions of the said rules. 5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely:- Table-5 +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way journeys allowed | Period of validity | +=======================================================+===========================================+==============================+ | One and one-half times of the fee for one way journey | Two | Twenty-four hours from the | | | | time of payment | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | Two-third of amount of the Fee payable for fifty | Fifty | One month from date of | | single journeys | | payment | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ 6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under National permit) registered in the district where the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the specified rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles. 7. The driver or owner or a person in charge of a mechanical vehicle which is loaded inexcess of permissible load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay fee for entering the overloaded vehicle on the National Highway to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in sub-rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, and shall not be entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle. 8. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted vehicles, service road, alternative road, etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules. 9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rule 12 of the said rules. 10. Based on the base rate of fee per kilometer for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned in Table-1 above, the actual amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the Authority on the basis of the completed length of the section and revised annually in accordance with the rule 5 of the said rules and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular language. 11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees.2904.72 crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The Authority shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realized. [F.No.:PROJ-26016(53)/3/2024-PIU Thanjavur/E-243442] KAMLESH CHATURVEDI, Jt. Secy. 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